Varmit report

[tenaya]

Yesterday was absolutely lovely and it didn't rain last night (which it had for 2 or 3 nights before.) As a result, many raccoons came by last night. Momma coon, the 3-legged coon, and Laughing Boy with his usual side kick. They all took turns so there was no ruckus. The food had run out when Laughing Boy came by and what caught my eye was a raccoon giving a big stretch up against the glass door. Them little hands almost reached to the door latch (and I'm wondering if that was what he was trying for....) As I approached, his merry little eyes gleamed with anticipation. Yep, that's Laughing Boy alright.

I went to bed early because I feel like I'm fighting getting ill. I had lots of dreams, the last one was some sort of crazy mix of Gillian's Island and WWII (the Pacific ampitheater) that segued into a police car chase. It turns out the sirens were supplied by a kitty war outside my window. I staggered out of my bed and out the door. Sweet Reg was just outside the door, making sure I knew *he* was being a good boy and wasn't apart of the unpleasantness, but wasn't it just so *exciting!* Scooter, my partially blind, toothless old cat was slinking about, saying "where is he? Just point me in the right direction and I'll gum him to death!" Brindle was the one who'd accosted the trespasser and was pleased to have some back up. The unfortunate strange cat ran for his life and Brindle only chased him to the border of the yard. The cats of Sweet Pea Manor had prevailed again.

Comments

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Awwww! Too cute! It must be a real temptation not to let them in the house sometimes, on purpose. It would be for me, anyway, even though I know it's a bad idea.

Hope you're feeling better soon. I've had a sore throat, cough and total laryngitis since Thursday, so have been spending extra time in bed and Wheelz and Snick have been extra territorial ON the bed as well, so I've been a bit cranky with my little darlings, since they're snarling over me at 2 a.m. At least today people can hear that I'm trying to say something; yesterday I would open my mouth and only squeaks came out!

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you went silent. Have you been taking your Vitamin C???? I've been taking vitamin suppliments for the past few years and I do seem to get sick less often. I hope you're feeling better by now.

The first we ever knew of raccoons was back in 1992. We went on a 3 week vacation and had friends and family look after the house while we were gone. We left a kitty door propped open because we'd never seen any wildlife about. We kept getting messages about how dirty the kitchen floor was but, not to worry, they'd cleaned it up. We were a little confused by it, but wasn't too concerned. After we got home, we saw that the floor was dirtier and saw some odd prints on the inside of the glass door. It wasn't until about a week later, I looked out the big window one night and saw 5 raccoons bouncing down the hill and heading right for the kitty door. So, I imagine we did have a bunch of these guys in the house for a while and are pretty lucky that they didn't do anything more than leave footprints.

But yeah, it would be fun to see what would happen....

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Taking vitamin C now ;-) But it was due to sinus problems, not anything contagious. During the first rain (i.e. early last week's), my sinuses started draining bigtime and that caused all the rest of it. Didn't matter that I wasn't technically sick, I felt like I was, and people treated me like a leper ;-(

Hope the coons are enjoying Springtime!